"My lord, Lu Jin, the governor of Ulzhou, is out asking to see you." A government clerk suddenly came outside the public house and whispered to Miao Guangtai, who was looking through the documents in front of the case.

The latter raised his head in response, and a smile appeared on his face: "He is still young after all, so he can't hold his breath?" In the past few days, Lu Zhen did not come to the government to urge or inquire about the allocation of silver and two, which made the Miao Governor naturally look at Lu Zhen again, and felt that he was a stable enough person.

And today, when Lu Zhen came back a few days later, Miao Guangtai thought that he was not calm enough to surprise his expectations, so he said this with some pleasure. But what made him miscalculate, then the scribe added: "But ......"

"But what? What else did he do? ”

"Lu Zhizhou took someone to the government this time, saying that he wanted to meet the adults in order to seek justice."

"Is this the case?" Miao Guangtai frowned unconsciously, but soon calmed down again, nodded and said, "Let him come in and talk back." ”

"Yes." This time, the other party didn't hesitate any longer, turned around and walked out. After a while, the Miao prefect saw Lu Jin walking in front of him, followed by several men with big shoulders and round waists, and a vaguely familiar man was surrounded among them.

"Xiaguan Lu Zhen pays a visit to the prefect." After Lu Zhen entered the door, he still saluted his boss first, and only straightened up after the other party allowed it.

At this time, Miao Guangtai's eyes fell on the pale man outside the door: "Lu Zhizhou, which one are you singing today?" Who is this? ”

"Lord Hui, the officials took the liberty to come here today, precisely in the hope that you will preside over justice. This is Gao Quansheng, the chief secretary of Ying County, and he actually wanted to frame the lower officials because of the prefect's intention to allocate a part of the silver taels with me in Ulzhou last time. But fortunately, the way of heaven is clear, and his treacherous plan did not succeed? Lu Zhen didn't talk nonsense, and directly told his intentions.

Miao Guangtai's whole heart jumped suddenly, and he looked at the person outside in disbelief, only then did he recognize that this person was indeed Gao Quansheng, the head of Yingxian County, who had come to see him before, and his brows immediately wrinkled tightly. At the same time, he asked solemnly, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Of course, Lu Zhen couldn't give Gao Quansheng a chance to excuse himself, so he immediately opened his mouth and told him about the conflict that happened in the restaurant before, and said quite angrily at the end: "My lord, Master Gao's approach is really unacceptable to the lower officials, this is really not a gentleman's doing, and please make a clear judgment." ”

"Master Gao, is Lu Zhizhou's words true?" Miao Guangtai was suddenly moved, looked at Gao Quansheng, who was already as earthy as an earth, with a cold face, and asked with a snort.

Gao Quansheng snorted for a while, and finally nodded and responded in a low voice: "My lord, all this is done by the lower officials who are confused for a while, and the ghost is confused, and I hope that the lord will forgive the s......ins" At that time, Lu Zhen had hundreds of witnesses, and even the shopkeeper of the restaurant, as well as the departing Yan Feng, he naturally did not dare to deny it.

"You are really so bold that you dare to do such an insulting thing, and this official will not spare you. Someone is coming——! ”

As soon as he said hello, he immediately called a few errand soldiers who were not far away from the outside and quickly rushed over, and took over the trembling Gao Quansheng from the hands of those soldiers, at this time he was already desperate, and he could only keep whispering to Miao Guangtai there to beg for mercy, but the other party didn't pay attention to him at this time. So soon, he was taken down by those servants, and what awaited him was probably the severe punishment of losing his official position.

After everyone retreated, Miao Guangtai looked at Lu Zhen with some surprise and said: "I can't imagine that Lu Zhizhou, you are so jealous and hateful, in order to punish this person, you don't hesitate to make trouble to the government, aren't you afraid of making enemies with your colleagues because of this?" ”

Indeed, when Lu Zhen did this, he must have offended the people in Ying County. After all, Gao Quansheng is the official of Ying County, and he should always look at the face of the Buddha if he doesn't look at the monk's face, and punish him a little.

"If you go back to your lordship, it is definitely not the style of a subordinate official to tolerate adultery. What's more, if you spare him today, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not become even worse tomorrow, even if it is not aimed at the lower officials, how innocent are the others? Lu Zhen gave a stern explanation.

This was said without leakage, but the Miao prefect didn't know how to deal with it, and only after a while did he say with a smile: "You, you're still too young and vigorous." However, do you know that this has created a problem for the official. ”

"Are you referring to the payment of two pieces of silver?" Lu Zhen did not shy away from asking.

Miao Guangtai looked at this young man with some surprise, since he knew that there would be such a result, how could he make this decision so recklessly, was it just to vent this evil breath? No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like a person who can only be a momentary person.

In Miao Guangtai's mind, this time Gao Quansheng had a conflict with Lu Zhen because of the allocation of silver, and the most appropriate way for him to deal with it as a beneficiary should be to deal with it as low-key as possible, so as not to make himself too passive, and the government will allocate the silver as he wishes.

But Lu Zhen is good, and he actually made the contradiction public, isn't this embarrassing the government? In order to appease the people of other states and counties and avoid other disasters, even if he wanted to give the silver to Ulju, it was a little difficult to do.

Lu Zhen saw through the other party's thoughts at a glance, and smiled indifferently: "My lord thinks that because of this matter, the government has become difficult to do in the matter of allocating silver?" Or even want to get things out of the way? ”

"What, do you think it's inappropriate?"

"Of course not. Have you ever thought that in this way, where will your prestige be in the government and the prefect? If they make such a fuss today, the government will change its established plans, and then in the future, as long as anyone feels dissatisfied, they can make a fuss in this Datong Mansion, how can this atmosphere grow? Lu Zhen said, looking up at the boss opposite, quite a little questioning.

Miao Guangtai was stunned for a moment, and then he also understood. Indeed, as Lu Zhen said, if he changed his mind because he was afraid of the ideas of other subordinate officials, he would be disgraced as a boss. In fact, although he hasn't figured this out yet, as long as he calms down and thinks about it carefully, the truth will soon be reversed.

Therefore, Lu Zhen made a big deal today, and even brought people to himself, not only would it not affect the established decision to allocate money, but even pushed Miao Guangtai to make this decision quickly.

"Is it such a strategy to kill two birds with one stone?" Governor Miao looked at the young man in front of him with some surprise, and he really couldn't believe that the other party would see things so thoroughly. Compared to him, the previous master was too tender.

After a long period of silence, Miao Guangtai finally raised his head: "It seems that this official must also allocate the money for the repair of the city wall and other fortifications to you in Ulzhou as he said before, for his own plans?" ”

"The lower official has thanked the lord for his love and protection of my people in Ulzhou." Although the other party only said a question, Lu Zhen climbed to the ground and finalized the matter.

Faced with such a reaction from this person, Miao Guangtai suddenly felt amused, but he was helpless: "You...... That's it, then the official will let people go to Ulzhou to learn about it, and this year will definitely not disappoint you. ”

Lu Zhen thanked him again, but this time he was full of sincerity: "Thank you, sir." The lower officials can guarantee that every penny of money allocated by the government will be used in practice. ”

"It's the best of course." Miao Guangtai nodded, and then glanced at Lu Jin, as if waiting for the other party to say goodbye and leave. Unexpectedly, Lu Zhen had no intention of retreating, but after a little hesitation, he spoke again: "My lord, there is something else I want to discuss with you." ”

"Oh? But what is it? Let's hear it. After a few days of contact, Miao Guangtai has a lot of high opinion of Lu Jin, and he is quite willing to communicate with him more.

"Do you think that my Datong still has plenty of food now?" Lu Zhen planned to knock on the side first, and then lead the topic to the matter he wanted to talk about.

Miao Guangtai frowned slightly, although he didn't know why Lu Zhen suddenly asked such a question, but after a little muttering, he still told the truth: "Judging from this year's situation, there is always a big shortage of food, after all, in addition to ordinary people, I also have 100,000 border troops. ”

"Yes, if you want to feed so many soldiers and civilians, even with the financial support of the imperial court, it is not an easy task. Presumably adults have a lot of headaches for this, right? ”

"Hehe......" Miao Guangtai really couldn't figure out Lu Jin's intention when he said this, so he could only reply with a meaningless chuckle. Then, he remembered the news he got before, two days ago, Lu Jin went to see the general soldier Hu Sui, could it be that the two of them had a relevant discussion on the matter of food?

Although he felt that it was a little strange for Lu Zhen to ask about such a military and political important matter as a mere six-rank Zhizhou, as long as he thought about the name he had made before and the relationship between him and General Hu, he was relieved. But then, a whole new question popped up - what could he do to solve the problem of food shortage.

You must know that this problem has actually troubled many former Datong prefects, but they are also at a loss for what to do, and what ideas can Lu Zhen come up with. And looking at his expression, it seems that he has reached an agreement with Hu Sui.

Another thing that made him feel a little strange was that since there was a consensus, why didn't Hu Sui come to discuss with him, but he wanted to convey the meaning through the mouth of such a six-pin Zhizhou? Is there any difficulty in this?

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